Boxing-glove.



PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

A. F. BURTT.

BOXING GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.

a SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL,

PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

A. F. BURTT." BOXINGGLOVE. .APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 19, 1903 3 SHEETS-SHEET Z.

' N0 MODEL.

No. 768,733. PATENTED AUG. 30, 1904.

A. F. BURTT.

BOXING GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1903- N0 MODEL. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 3,

yizifivesses: I 6226 71/ 207! UNTTED STATES Patented August so, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. BURTT, OF PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOR TO THE DRAPER AND MAYNARD COMPANY, OF PLYMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, ACORPORATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BOXING-GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 768,733, dated August 30, 1904. Application filed August 19, 1903. Serial No. 170,048. (No model.)

' To (all whom, it ntay concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT F. BUR'IT, of Plymouth, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxing-Gloves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a boxingglove the casing or cover portion of which shall be strong and durable and free from liability to rip, as well as of simple construction.

This invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a view of the inner or palm side of a boxingglove embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 represents a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the thumb bent downwardly. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan views of the parts or pieces comprising the casing or cover of the glove. Fig. 8 represents a section on line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In carrying out my invention I make the cover or casing of a cushioned boxing-glove in two general partsnamely, the back a and the palm 7). The back is provided with an extension a, which is integral with the back and constitutes the outer thumb-section. The palm 7), which is of considerably smaller area than the back a, is provided with an extension I), constituting the inner thumb-section. The said parts are united by a single continuous seam extending along the side and top edges of the back and palm and thence along the outer side and top edges of the thumb and thence along the inner side of the thumb and the palm side of the base of the thumb. The back and the outer thumb-section are provided with cushioning material 0, which is held in place against the back and against the outer thumb-section a by the inner parts (Z and d, which with the palm 6 and the inner thumbsection 5 form the hand-receiving cavity of the glove. The marginal portions of the back and of the outer thumb-section are gathered inwardly, as shown in the drawings, so that they form a cushion-containing space extending beyond the ends of the fingers and thumb.

It will be seen that the back and the outer thumb-section, made in one piece, and the palm and the inner thumb-section, made in another piece, all united by a single continuous seam extending along the sides and top of the back and palm and along the sides and top of the thumb, reduces to the minimum the amount of stitching required, and therefore the liability of ripping.

The palm is provided with a cushioned grip, the casing 5 of which is integral with the palm and consists of a loop of the material of the palm, the sides of the loop being brought together and united by stitches 5 The line of stitches 6 is covered and protected by the bulging portionor the grip, the latter including cushioning material 0, inclosed in the loop or grip-casing b gral grip-casing, the palm b is elongated, so that when in its original condition before being incorporated into the glove it is considerably longer than in the completed glove,as indicated by full and dotted lines in Figs. 7 and 8, the full lines indicating the original length of the palm, while the dotted lines indicate the length after the grip has been formed. The grip thus constructed is much more durable than one made in a separate piece attached to the palm. There is practically no liability of the grip becoming detached, as it is not liable to rip at any point. The grip can be located at any desired part of the palm, and by reason of its peculiar construction it conforms perfectly to the closed hand.

The cushioning material 0 is extended onto the lower portion of the palm at the side of the laced opening opposite the thumb, this extended portion of the cushioning material, together with the parts that confine it, constituting a palm-pad or side pad. The outer part of the casing of the side pad is a part of To provide for this inte- I the palm, the inner side being provided by a separate piece stitched to the inner side of the palm. This construction leaves the outer surface of the palm smooth and free from joints or overlapping portions at the margin of the side pad.

I clain 1. A boxing-glove comprising a cushioned back made in a single piece and provided With a cushioned outer thumb-section integral with the back, and an elongated palm also made in a single piece, and provided With a cushioned grip the casing of Which is integral With the palm, and with an inner thumb-section, the said parts being united by a seam extending along the side and top edges of the back and palm, and along the side and top edges of the tlnunb-sections.

2. A boxing-glove comprising a cushioned back made in a single piece and provided With a cushioned outer thumb-section integral with the back, and an elongated palm also made in a single piece, and provided with a cushioned grip the casing of which is integral With the palm, and with an inner thumb-section which is also integral With the palm, the said pieces being united by a continuous seam extending Waves along the side and top edges of the back and palm, and along the side and top edges of the thumb-sections.

3. A boxing-glove comprising a cushioned back, a cushioned outer thumb-section, and an elongated palm having an inner thuml section and a' cushioned grip the casing of Which is formed by a loop of the palm, the sides of the loop being united by stitches ex tending across the palm, behind the cushion of the grip. v

4. A boxing-glove comprising a cushioned back, a cushioned outer thumb-section, and a palm having an inner piece f stitched to the body of the palm and forming the inner side of a pocket,the outer side of Which is formed by a seamless portion of the palm, and a cushion cinserted in said pocket, the said cushion and pocket constituting a palm-pad located at the lower portion of the palm opposite the thumb.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT F. BURTT.

l/Vitnesses:

Vi M. SWEENEY, J. T. .DRAPER. 

